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From the Western World.
THE BURNING SHIP.
BY ROGER RTAItnUCK.
In July, 18—, tho ship Wingfield,
New York, Captain Brown, was
bound to tho West Indies, for a cargo
of cotton, coffee, spices, etc.
The vessel was a finely built oraft
of five hundred tons, with clipper
bows, and painted bluok with the ex
ception of a narrow red stripe, extend
ing fore and aft in beautiful contrast
with the sable color of the refit of her
hull. Nothing could have boon nioro
exquisite than the delicate tapering
of her tall spars, her yards, her
bosons, and tho beautiful cut of her
snow-white sails.
The noble craft—one which any
sailor, might have envied, would
Ho<m bo the captain’s own; the voy
age, if successful would enable him
to pay the small remainder of the m
st ailment s, which tho proprietors
had charged him for their vessel. It
was therefore nitural (hat be should
t ike good cure of the ship, especially
in regard to fire. Notwithstanding
his precautions, ho would at times
feel a strange uneasiness, a strange
fear that the “ fire-demon ” —that
most dreaded foe of the sailor—would
burn up the prize be coveted, and for
which he had worked so long. Tho
mate, however, would try to relievo
him, remarking that fire was impos
sible where a captain was so careful.
lie. had sailed the sea forty years
and never yet been burned out. Bo
bad tho skipper, and putting tho
mate's case and his together, he
would, therefore, endeavor to cheer
up.
Brown was a good captain, except
that he was too fond of taking the
law in his own hands, with regard to
five treatment of his men. At times
lie would tie some unfortunate offen
der in tho rigging, and whip the poor
fellow on his hare back, with tho cat
o-uine tnils, until the sufferer could
scarcely stand.
Now there was aboard this vessel
fl > trrwfh - iwAnu I■ ■ (ifoMM'YAMbk,
firmuHl Jnev w.-Kntw.i—o half-breed
between a Gayhead Indian and a
white. Like most Gayhoaders, who
seem to take to salt water like ducks,
Jack wtts an excellent seaman besides
which he could dive and swim like a
fish. He was a lively fellow, too,
full of song and laughter, when he
first, shipped in the Wingfield; hut
alas! a cloud soon came to darken
hi3 spirit forevermore!
Five days out from home, while
blithely ascending tho main shrouds,
he by accident let fall a tar bucket,
thereby spilling the tar, not only on
deck, but a portion all over the bran
new blue jacket, with bright brass
buttons, which, a present from a
muchloved daughter at home, Cap
tain Brown had donned that very
morning. i|
“ Come —down— here— you—ratf!
cal! ” he slowly cried, glancing up at
Bowshot.
Jack shrugged his shoulders, hut,
scorning to show fear, bounded to
the deck, tossing his straight black
hair from his handsome brow and
looking the skipper square in the
oyes. Those eyes were now blood
shot with passion and the veins upon
the clenched fist were swollen like
.ropes.
“You blasted dog!” aiming a tre
mendous blow At the young fellow's
head. .Tack, lithe nsa serpent, twisted
his tall form hull-way round, par
tially, yet, not wholly avoiding the
stroke which falling cm his brow,
drew blood,
There was a glitter in his great
black eyes—he caught the captain by
the throat with one hand, and with
the other, striking him upon the jaw,
sent him whizzing, swift a* a thun
derbolt, into the lee scuppers 1
Then followed what ofieu follows
such resistance on shipboard; the
first, second and third mates, pounc
ing upon Jack, knocked him down,
hand-cuffed him, held him np lor the
captain to stria e once or twice, and
bundled him into the run!
j Next morning, it was “All hands
! ahoy I aft hero to wit less punish*
j ment I ” There was Jack in the rig
| f>ing, naked to the vvji.st, looking
i cool and defiant us ever, and there
I was the captain, behind him, with
| the cat*o-nine-iai! ir, hajjd. The
men, tumbling *•*> stood in line,
watching Drown flog Jack, aud not
daring to say a word. Tbp Hay
header bore his puniphrpejit with In
dian-liko fortitude, aud showed not
the slightest emotion, when, a huu
dred blows having beeii givqej k
was returned to tho run.
After that, Jack was occasionally
brought on deok, much altered. H
grew gaunt and lean, his cheek-booes
j showing conspicuously, whilo his
form bore resemblance to a akeleton.
At last, after tho vessel had reached
and left Cuba, the captain released
Jack, ordering him forward to do
his duty, with an injunction to “be
lmvo himself.”
“ Ay, ay, sir,” the half-breed an
swered meekly.
“ \ou see I have thrashed the
spirit, out of him,” said the captain,
one morning, turning to his first
mate. The mate, however, shook his
head.
“ You never know,” said he, when
you are safe with these Indian
chaps! ”
Towards night, there was a ter.
rifie squall during which llowshot
showed no disposition to sulk or
shirk while taking in sail, but per
formed his duty nobly. The squall
had nearly slbsided, when a heavy
roll of tho vesso), by which her lee
rail was neatly buried, upset the gal
ley stove, tho lashings of which the
cook was repairing at the time. The
stove-lids falling off, out rolled a
heap of Lot coals, and soon a portion.
ot the cook-house was on fire. All
hands, with the exception of the
captain, otic man at the wheel, and
nntoher, a half-cripple forward, were
aloft at tho time, so that the flames
were rising fast before a drop of wa
fer could ho thrown on them! In
fact the shrouds must soon have been
ablaze, but for tho prompt action of
the half-breed, Jack Bowshot, who,
sliding like lightning down the
main-topmast backstay, to the top,
caught therefrom a roll of canvas—an
old topsail—which he at once threw
over tho galley, thus quenching the
fire sufficiently to prevent its spread
ing before It could all bo extin.
guished.
The danger being soon past, and
tho captain, having reprimanded tho
cook, turned to Bowshot, nhook his
ninn, after afl. ' ? " *f.<Mood
Tho half-breed showed no emotion
at tho compliment, beyond a slight,
peculiar sparkle of his ooal-blsick
oyes.
It ovidently whs not from gratifi
cation, for as ho walked forward, his
wasted brow contracted darkly a mo
ment; then, an imperturbable oxpres.
sion of gravity settled upon his guant
face.
Tho circumstance of tho fallen
stove again roused the captain’s fear
regarding fire. Ho summoned the
men aft, at night, ordered them to
bo careful never to smoke their- pipes
in tho hold, and to bo sure and have
the forecastle lamp in a safe plaoo.
“If this craft were to bo burned,”
he added, “thero would be thousands
out of my pocket, eaten up. R
would make a poor man of me! **
Tho men, promising to be careful,
marched forwaad, and the skipper
then fell secure.
After that the vessel had fair
winds, and finally was within a day’s
sail of her destined port.
On this day, ovidently beating up
for the same port as the Wingfield,
thero was a vessel, a mile or two to
windward.
At about dusk, this craft w-as still
norer.
“ We’ll soon he home, now ! ” said
the captain, nibbing Liis hands.
At two hells ho went below to
sleep; at four hells lie was awaken by
a smothered cry:
“ Final ritnl firb! ”
The perspiration broke out upon
his brow —he half raised himself, to
make sure that he waa not dreaming.
Soon be heard the hasty trampling
of feet over his heed, and saw a red
gleam bursting through the dead,
lights.
He sprang up, and was on deck in
a moment to sec tho Haines already
bursting from the hatches licking the
lower part of the shrouds,
All hands were sot at work, but it
was too Uu% On rolled the fiery bil
lows, in variegated colors, climbing
higher and higher.
Forward, a little detached from the
rest of the flames, there was a long
red and blue column, which seemed
to go up to the very skies, bending,
twisting, and writhing like a huge
serpent hefting the heavens with jts
tongue.
Behind it the flames were npw in
one huge, rolling mass, which, as it
leaped coin lurid clouds, sending out
tlivUKaias ‘f sparks, rushed with a‘
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sullon roar towards the stem of the"
craft. Peering into the steerage, the
men seemed to see a furnaoe, for the
hold was a whirlpool of fire, devQTtr-,
ing all in its path.
Meanwhile, the boats had been
lowered, and sailors andoffieers were
bundling into them, when—away
wont the mainmast, toppling over,
till, with t\ crash and prolonged h ss,
it fell into the sea, sonding lurid stars
shooting crossways, through the red
and pink smoke of the conflagration,
The whole ship now was a sea of fire
—llio sea itself seemed ablaze for
miles—the sky, far and near, was
aglow, as if another sunset had eoms
at night; while, a mile away, gleam
ing white, like some spectral vision,
in tho ghastly rad and blng reflection
of the fire, was the stranger, vessel,
creeping cautiously down to pick Qp
the boats of tho doomed vessel.
The boats were pulling away front
the burning ship, when, for the first
time, it was noticed that Bowshot
was missing 1
As the light craft were pulled
around the stern, however, a feeble
voice was heard, and the half-breed
in a deplorable condition, clinging to
a spar, was picked up, His clothes
were nearly burned from his book,
the hair entirely from his head, and
his face and hands were daubed with
tar. Inwardly as wall as outwardly
seorebtd, ho a husky voice,
and was evidently dying.
“ This is a sad business,” groaned
the captain, gazing from tho prostrate
man towards his burning ship. ‘*l
can not imagine how jt could have
happened, sinoe every precaution yna
taken to prevent fire I ”
He bade his men stop pulling, while
tie continued to watch the flames.
Faster and faster they rolled, and
boomed and hissed—the fore and
mizzenmast fell—ton thousand start
seemed to rise heavenward— tho flames
now Bhootiug orosaways almost licked
the boat; then there was a dull crash,
as the vessel, burned through, parted
amidships, the two halves opening ft
red, fiery jaw!
Then clouds of thick smoko rolled
'frsih ihrmrlrf sudden black
ness aFciirm—fnorc ,
sound—an avalauche of stnimpiMr*
the last farewell gleam of the gasping
blaze shot athwart the sea l
In that gleam, the white, spectral
face of the dying half-breed was for
an instant seen uplifted, his hollow
black eyes shot lightning, while hj*
gaunt hand was pointed towards the
expiring flatne*,
“Bowshot’s work! Bowshot's re.
vonge ! He turned the ship because
the captain flogged him! Dog of ft
captain ! Bowshot is glad! he dies
contented 1 ” Bo saying, be fell beck
and expired.
“ I don’t blame the chap,” bluntly
spoke out an old sailor, “ for being
mad at your flogging him, captain,
but, it was sartainly wrong of him to
burn the ship; It’s plain he go* ome
how canght in the bold, after firin’
tho poor croft, and that’s why he
couldn't get off in time to save him.
self.”
The captain only answered with ft
groan; to lose his ship ft day’s sail
from home, was a misfortune which
almost crazed him.
Soon the castaways were picked op
by the strange vessel and taken t#
New York, after which the captain
sailed on many a voyage, but waa
never known to flog seaman, the
Bpeetejr of hia burning vessel being
forever preseat in hi* mind.
Tom Hood, at a lord mayor's din.
net* once, leaned back at about the
middle of the feast and requested the
waiter to bring him the rest in money,
They have a teachers* club at the
seminary. When we went Xt> school
they used a ratan. But every gene
ration grows harder,
Young ladies use powder, perhaps,
because they think it will make them
go off,
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Question to member of Legislature j
“ What do ypu consider the object of
legislation ? ” “The greatest good to
the griatest number.” “ What nuiti.-
ber ? ” “ Number one*”
“Why do you set your cup of coffee
on thechair, Mr, Jones?” said a wpr. T
fhy landlady. “It is ao very weak,
madam, 1 thought I would let it sit
down awhile.*?
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“ Your feet are uot very ntydsh,”
said a young man to a frietuj, who**
feet were covered with bunioi sy*
E“ No, not stylish; but exceedingly
nobby,” was the g*od i glared reply-U